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A history of South Sudan from slavery to independence

Øystein H. Rolandsen (Author), M.W. Daly (Author)
South Sudan is the world's youngest independent country. Established in 2011 after two wars, South Sudan has since reverted to a state of devastating civil strife. This book provides a general history of the new country.
Print Book, English, 2016
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2016
171 p.
9780521116312, 9780521133258, 0521116317, 0521133254
1050025098
Introduction: the land and peoples of the upper Mile
Ivory and slaves: the nineteenth century
The second Turkiyya, 1898-1953
The curse of colonial continuity, 1953-63
The First Civil War, 1963-72
Regional government: from one civil war to another, 1972-83
Eclipsed by war, 1983-91
Factional politics, 1991-2001
Making unity impossible, 2002-2011
Independent South Sudan